'Building Resilient Futures leads' Global Fashion Summit agenda
Taking place in a month, organisers frame sustainability as adaptation under pressure, exploring how business models can evolve through circularity networks and stronger supply chain accountability
The 2026 edition of the Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition is scheduled to take place at the Copenhagen Concert Hall from May 5th to 7th, with the programme centered on agenda-setting discussions, networking and solution-focused sessions. Ticket sales are open, with organisers signalling a shift to higher prices after April 7th.
The non-profit organiser, Global Fashion Agenda, describes the summit as a convening point for leaders, brands and other stakeholders working on environmental and social priorities in the sector.
Theme
The summit’s theme, “Building Resilient Futures”, is presented as a response to a period in which fashion’s sustainability push has faced disruption and heightened scrutiny. The organisers frame resilience as a spectrum, contrasting resistance to change with more agile adaptation amid volatility across markets and supply chains.
Within that framing, the summit will explore how fashion can evolve under pressure by linking resilience to changes in business models, the capacity to regenerate after crises and the need for creativity to persist under constraints.
The organiser also points to emerging building blocks it believes can support a more resilient sector, including circularity networks, material innovation, policy initiatives, new financing tools and data-led accountability.
Global Fashion Agenda says the event will connect the theme to the Fashion CEO Agenda’s priorities, spanning workplace conditions and wage systems alongside resource stewardship, material choices and circular systems. The approach is designed to keep the conversations tied to operational levers that companies can apply across sourcing, production and retail.
Programme
Speakers highlighted for the programme include Pamela Anderson and Pandora’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jennie Farmer, who are expected to discuss brand influence, transparency and responsible business practices.
The wider agenda is set to cover topics ranging from artificial intelligence and policy to microplastics, pay equity, financial resilience and debates about the future direction of luxury.
You can find more about the upcoming Global Fashion Summit here.
Image Credits: globalfashionsummit.com
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